Parents as Partners

Tracy Bachellier a parent in Stratford Ontario shared how the Avon Maitland District School Board worked with their Parent Involvement Committee to engage parents in a with an event called Ignite Parents. Tracy described how the event was created, organized and delivered to an audience made up of parents, teachers, administrators and community members.

Monday Night September 24, 2012 was the Opening show for the 2012-2013 season. Show hosts Lorna Costantini and Maria Fisk hosted a brainstorming session to gather ideas for the fall shows. @jeanninestamand @shannoninottawa @pgeorge @rggillespie @/DrThomasHo joined and shared some great ideas.

They included:

recall guests from the first few webcasts to check on progress and successes.

Host a school council meeting to model how to use BlackBoard Collaborate and other webcasting software

Share tech tools that people are using to connect with parents

cyclical issues throughout the school year such as parent-teacher conferences, report cards

food/treats/snacks during class parties and how to meet the needs of all student

They also gave us a list of possible presenters and they will be announced shortly.

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